New weighers smash weight targets

Two multi-head weighers from Ishida Europe are providing solutions for the packing challenges of both fragile dog biscuits and tough, awkwardly-shaped chews at leading Swiss pet food manufacturer Eric Schweizer.

Previously, the products were packed using linear weighers, where a lack of accuracy led to a high degree of overfill, averaging 150g on every 750g pack.

This meant that for every five packs produced, one was given away free.

With the new Ishida line, giveaway has been dramatically reduced and now on 750g packs, target weight is exceeded by an average of just 1.6g.

The weighers are expected to pay back the investment in less than two years.